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You Deplete Me: 10 Steps to End a Toxic Relationship

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"You complete me." You know that line, right ... from "Jerry McGuire"? It comes right before "You had me at hello" (another puker). The completing-the-other bit nauseates me a tad because we relationship-analyzers (some with the right initials after their names and some self-declared experts who can type) like to classify that type of dialog with a term known as "codependency." 

Ideally, you shouldn't need anyone to complete you. You should be whole going into a relationship, right? My guess is that those who feel like they are getting fixed are actually getting ripped off. That's why they keep coming back, hoping that THIS time their partner will make the ouches go away, making them feel all sunshiny and warm inside. Instead, the ouch is bigger, the hole is wider, and they are feeling the way I do when I see a Tom Cruise movie: bad.



Would You Work the Graveyard Shift at a Chicken Slaughterhouse in Alabama?

A new book tells the story of how one New York-based journalist embedded himself in the backbreaking work routinely performed by immigrant laborers.



How to Report on TV News

In this beautiful piece of media criticism, British journalist Charlie Brooker pulls together the most annoying and inane clichés in broadcast television reporting....



Women With High PBDE Levels 50 Percent Slower to Conceive, New Study Says

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Photo by daviddesign via Flickr.

Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green section.

Having trouble getting pregnant? If you've gotten the caffeine habit under control and are managing your stress, the culprit might just be your ma... Read the full story on TreeHugger



ACORN Smear Journalist Arrested for Alleged Attempt to Bug Sen. Mary Landrieu's Office

Four young right-wing activists were arrested by Federal marshals for attempting to bug the Louisiana Senator's office.



UNESCO head condemns Mexican journalist’s killing

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killing of a Mexican radio reporter who focused on crime, calling on authorities to do their utmost to bring those behind the attack to justice.



Fast, Sustainable, Organic, and Now Humane: Frozen EVOL Burritos

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Photo courtesy of EVOL Burrito.

Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green section.

How can an organic frozen burrito get more eco-friendly? Simple: Its meat can be sourced from a sustainable ranch where the animals are humanely raised.

According to a press release, all beef and pork for the frozen EVOL Burritos, a brand by Read the full story on TreeHugger



Dispatches From a Slain Journalist

Excerpts from a blog kept by journalist Anastasia Baburova, who was murdered a year ago in Moscow....


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